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Online advertising is insidious because it isn't monitored or regulated to nearly the same extent as TV, radio and print ads. Back in the mid-2000s, Google was
by rchaud 3y ago
Online advertising is insidious because it isn't monitored or regulated to nearly the same extent as TV, radio and print ads.
Back in the mid-2000s, Google was rife with ads for:
- 'cheap RX meds from Canada',
- 'free iPod' (if you sign up w CC for 12 random services)
- 'mail order brides from [war torn country]'
- 'legal grow at home indica buds'
Those are just the ones I remember. I'm sure the modern ads aren't any better, I just don't see them thanks to Adblock.
- bastard_op 3y agoI get much the same - I suspect because I perpetually adblock, cookie block, script block, etc everything they can determine better what I want, for a reason. As a base, I get the most scammy ads one can imagine, which you really do not want to send to an IT professional that knows the game already. It's just so bad, a total race to the bottom...